Translations:Otto Eckart (Da VIII 23)/6/en

Anita and Otto’s wedding picture.

The will of his father Johannes Eckart originally made provisions for Otto to only enter the family company at the age of 30 years. However, his future father-in-law, a Munich bank director, wanted to ensure the financial security of his daughter Anita prior to the wedding. Otto officially joined the company "Johs. Eckart" in 1906. On October 11 of that year, Anita and Otto got married in Nuremberg. Hedwig Eckart, Otto’s sister, described the couple’s relationship as very harmonious. In their apartment at the address Auenstr. 113, they regularly hosted social evenings at which music was played and discussions took place. Their first daughter, Ruth Eckart, was born in January 1908, their second child, Werner Eckart, in March 1909. In 1910, the family moved from the city to the countryside, to Poing. Otto and Anita had found an old schoolhouse and bought it for the price of 7,120 Mark. Following extensive renovation, the old schoolhouse was turned into a magnificent villa. At Pentecost 1911, they had a jolly housewarming party with 30 guests. In nearby Grub, the canning factory had leased numerous fields and set up an office where Otto was now able to work. The couple had bought a car, a "Sperber" with 17 hp, for commuting between Grub and Poing. On Sundays, Otto, a passionate hunter, regularly participated in hunting parties in Poing. When Ruth Eckart reached compulsory school age in 1914, the family also rented an apartment in Munich, at the address Grillparzerstr. 43, as the children – the third child Lisbeth Eckart had been born in 1911 – were supposed to go to school in Munich.